When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have followed that meeting, she ...

Cohan’s father, Jerry Cohan, was widely known as one of the best traditional Irish dancers in all of New England. According to the Cohan biographer, John McCabe, Jerry Cohan’s specialty was working ...

This month we are featuring the families of our new Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Albert Reynolds, and our previous Taoiseach Charles Haughey. Both names are Gaelic in origin and both exemplify the ...

As Larry Kirwan, the wiry lead guitarist and singer drags out this melodramatic emigration song, the eyes of the young Irish woman beside me mist over. She silently mouthes the words to herself as ...

Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an audience with Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S. has just entered World ...

ACCORDING to the Central Statistics Office, over 35,000 Irish citizens returned to Ireland in 2025, with Britain remaining the main source for people considering a move back, but it’s not always as ...

A CAR suspected of being involved in several collisions in Derry over recent months has been found abandoned over the border following a pursuit in the city. The black Mercedes 300 collided with ...

Ireland’s President Mary Robinson continues to win international stature abroad and adulation at home. Niall O’Dowd examines the phenomenon of the most popular Irish figure of modern times. On her ...

Celebrating the Centenary Anniversary of the Release of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Joyce’s Ulysses was first published in its entirety on February 2, 1922, which was also Joyce’s 40th birthday. Leopold ...

TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of Irish athlete Ciarán Ó Lionáird. The 38-year-old runner, who hailed from Co. Cork but was living in the US, died suddenly in Canada this week his family ...

IRISH band Fontaines D.C. have said they are ‘heartbroken’ following the death of their manager Trevor Dietz at the age 47. Dietz was a well-known figure in the Irish music scene as a booker and ...

Dr. David Kelly is the chief market strategist for J.P. Morgan Funds. With over 20 years of experience, Kelly provides valuable insight and perspective on the economy and markets to thousands of ...